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Spy vs Spy Shoots Straight To The Top

robots and pencils [1]Robots and Pencils [1], together with First Star Software, Inc. and Warner Bros. announced today that the landmark hit “Spy vs Spy [2]” hit #1 as the Top Paid iPhone®/iPod touch® App on Apple’s App Store [3] during its inaugural weekend after its release on July 26, 2012.

Named “New and Noteworthy” by Apple, “Spy vs Spy” zoomed to the top of the charts becoming the #1 Top Paid iPhone®/iPod touch® App and the #2 Top Paid iPad® App in the United States.  “Spy vs. Spy” was also the #1 Top Paid iPhone®/iPod touch® App in Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and Poland; and, the #1 Top Paid iPad® App in Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, and Sweden.

Press and reviewers are full of praise for the revamped version of First Star software’s original “Spy vs Spy”:

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“Spy vs Spy” is now available [3] for iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad® as a universal app, featuring the famous Black and White Spies from DC Entertainment’s MAD Magazine with online and local multiplayer matches, 16 new embassies (plus the original 8), and a pixel-perfect retro mode, as well as a modern mode. During a special launch promotion, for a limited time, “Spy vs Spy” is just 99 cents on the iTunes App Store, before it goes back to its regular price of USD $1.99. This game is rated 9+ for Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence.

Based on the original “Spy vs Spy” game, the iOS title brings back all the humor, action and fisticuffs that made the original an all-time, multi-million-unit-selling hit. This modern update takes the original gameplay as designed, developed, and published by First Star Software in 1984 for the Apple II, Atari 400/800 and Commodore 64, and adds HD visuals; support of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Apple’s GameCenter as well as four remixes of the original music and many other new features.

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#1 Comment By Tami Quiring (@VillageGamer) On Thursday August 2, 2012 @ 2:05 am

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